Atlantic Screen Group: THE DIABOLICAL - Ian Hultquist

Atlantic Screen Group will release THE DIABOLICAL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on October 16, 2015. The album features the film’s original score by Ian Hultquist (ANIMALS, formerly of the band Passion Pit).

“I loved working on this project because it has so many different layers that aren't really apparent at first,” Hultquist explained. “Every one is going to walk into the theater thinking it's another horror film, but so much more comes into play that takes us beyond just another haunted house-jaunt. It's really a hybrid of a couple different genres. The music speaks to that as well!”

When a single mother (Ali Larter) and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence in their quiet suburban home, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to take on the violent forces that paranormal experts are too frightened to face.

“I probably spent a good 3-4 weeks just creating sounds for the film, sampling various instruments and creating tons of textures,” Hultquist explained. “One of the biggest noisemakers I used was a rusted-out old Ukelin I found at a flea market. Traditionally, these are really sweet-sounding, folk instruments played by bowing and strumming drone strings. However, mine was completely out of tune & the bow had lost all of its hairs, which produced this wonderfully horrible scraping sound. I really kind of abused that poor thing, but it was worth it!”

XLrator Media presents THE DIABOLICAL opening in on October 16, 2015. Atlantic Screen Group will release THE DIABOLICAL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on October 16, 2015.